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Old Jun 10, 2013 | 04:56 PM
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I'm having an issue out of the A/C, as I've discussed here before. However, something came to mind.

I had the harmonic balancer replaced a few months ago and the A/C was working find before it went in for the fix.

Is there any correlation?

My issues with the A/C is it blows somewhat cold on the passenger side, but the center vent and driver door are warm.
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Old Jun 10, 2013 | 07:15 PM
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I doubt the two issues are connected. This is usually a sign of low refrigerant, or bad HVAC door motors. For the $60 a dealer would charge you to recharge everything, it's probably worth it to bring it in to have them confirm.
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Old Jun 10, 2013 | 11:02 PM
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Sounds like an actuator problem, or a vacuum option. You could have pulled/broken the vacuum line behind the intake area or the one under your battery. There is also a connector at the wheel well near the battery.


Check the codes. You should be throwing a code with either problem.
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Old Jun 11, 2013 | 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by DeeHutch
I'm having an issue out of the A/C, as I've discussed here before. However, something came to mind.

I had the harmonic balancer replaced a few months ago and the A/C was working find before it went in for the fix.

Is there any correlation?

My issues with the A/C is it blows somewhat cold on the passenger side, but the center vent and driver door are warm.
If you have the dual zone thermostat it could be a door motor. Either way get the refridgerent checked first. Low refridgerant will cause the drivers side to be warmer. A little squirt of refridgerant cooled my drivers side right down.
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Old Jun 11, 2013 | 09:58 PM
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Thanks guys. Seems like I've read something about a #27 fuse or something? I know I'm probably saying it all wrong, but anyone have an idea what I've seen pertaining to that?

I figured whatever I can try at home first, is worth a shot...
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Old Jun 11, 2013 | 10:04 PM
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The fuse 27 resets your Blend Doors - for example if your drivers side blend door was confused for some reason, pulling #27 for longer than 1 minute is supposed to reset its memory (for lack of a better term).

However, before you buy, or have your blend door replaced, please have a professional charge your air system. I believe I spent almost $350 on putting a new door motor in when in actuality it was most likely low on Freon due to a cracked compressor.
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Originally Posted by DeeHutch
Thanks guys. Seems like I've read something about a #27 fuse or something? I know I'm probably saying it all wrong, but anyone have an idea what I've seen pertaining to that?

I figured whatever I can try at home first, is worth a shot...
You can pull the fuse to temp reset the actuators. However, would be best to show the codes you are throwing first.
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